Landmark judgements of supreme court of india

Britain on Saturday warned tourists visiting the southern Indian state of Kerala after sporadic violence in recent days over the admission of women to one of Hinduism's holiest temples. In updated travel advice, London advised UK nationals in Kerala, popular with tourists particularly at this time of year, to "monitor media reports closely, remain vigilant and avoid large public gatherings". The Sabarimala temple has been at the centre of a prolonged showdown between traditionalists and authorities since September, when India's top court overturned a ban on women of menstruating age -- deemed as those aged 10 to 50 -- setting foot inside. After several weeks of hardliners preventing women from accessing the hilltop temple, at times violently, earlier this week two women managed to sneak inside before dawn and become the first to worship there since the landmark ruling. A third woman from Sri Lanka said she entered the temple on Thursday night but this was disputed by the temple … [Read more...] about Britain warns on travel to southern India after temple unrest

India By Soutik Biswas BBC News, Delhi 27 September 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45404927 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel India's top court has ruled adultery is no longer a crime, striking down a 158-year-old … [Read more...] about Adultery no longer a crime in India

Reading your report on six-year old Mohamed Bangoura being left stranded in Brussels on the instructions of our Home Office, unable to get back to his mother in UK, I was reminded of Donald Trump’s iniquitous immigration policies. Theresa May rightly described Trump’s separation of immigrant children from their parents as “deeply disturbing” and “wrong”. What lay behind the Home Office’s callous edict in this instance that a six-year old child should not be allowed to return to his mother? The answer is all too obvious: Theresa May’s very own deeply disturbing and wholly wrong “hostile environment” policy. D Maughan BrownYork The US separates children and parents who enter their country. The UK separates children from their parents when they leave their country of origin for a holiday by rescinding their passport. Which do we feel is more inhuman? No moral high ground for the UK here. John SinclairPocklington A new centre-left … [Read more...] about Letters: Leaving a six-year-old child stranded abroad brings shame on our country

One of the last Indian activists facing action under an anti-gay colonial-era law killed off by a landmark Supreme Court ruling expressed hope Friday that he would escape punishment in a new age of liberalisation. But even as India's media widely hailed the Supreme Court for quashing the 157-year-old ban on gay sex, it highlighted the "deafening" silence of the conservative government on the historic verdict. Arif Jafar, 48, was arrested in 2001 under the notorious Section 377 law, which was struck down on Thursday. "It was quite traumatic. I was picked up from my office with four others," Jafar told AFP. "I was beaten up in the jail for 15 days continuously until my fellow prisoners complained. "I was denied every basic human right. I was made to sleep on the floor and I was not even given water to drink. It was horrible," he said, his voice choking with emotion. The case has still not come to trial because other accused are missing. Jafar, who now runs a London-based foundation to … [Read more...] about Activist charged under India’s anti-gay law prays for salvation